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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 16, 1917.
WOM E N'S Patri OTI c Servi CE
By Edith Knight Holmes
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THIS -will be a different Christmas
tide for the women of the various
clubs and societies and for all the
home women, too. Different, because
never before have there been so many
boys away at the Christmas time.
There will be tears sparkling amid the
wreaths of holiday smiles and in prep
aration for this holiday season the
sisters and the cousins and the aunts,
the mothers and the wives, have been
sending packages and loving messages
abroad and to camps where the. lads
are stationed. And the '-women of
Portland have done their share. So.
too, have the women of Eugene, Salem,
Astoria, The Dalles and all other cities
and towns. They have done well and
will continue to do well. The various
auxiliaries haven't taken time to do
Christmas work for friends, but have
done necessary work. They are a
loyal lot and now this last week there
will be a great rush to get a few re
membrances for the near and dear
folk. Let's do our shopping early In
the day. Remember, the shop girls get
very tired toward evening.
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The members of the Portland Coast
Artillery Company (the Eighth Com
pany) were served with a fine Thanks
giving dinner on Thursday, November
29. A printed menu card containing the
menu for the dinner and the names of
the officers and men of the company
will no doubt be preserved as a valued
souvenir of the occasion. Sixty officers
and men sat down to the spread in
the mess, tent. The visitors were: Mrs.
V. N. Walton and her daughter, Elaine;
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hibbard and son
Lloyd; Mr. and Mrs. A. Hylander; Dr.
S. W. Stryker; S. K. Hewitt. E. T. Green,
Mrs. Leslie St. Clair and Palmer Pad
den, all of Portland.
Credit for the splendid meal is due
to Acting Mess Sergeant Clyde Neville,
assisted by Cooks Con Hall and Edwin
11. Lewis. The mess tent was decorated
with pape. ribbon of appropriate
Thanksgiving colors and the homey ap
pearance was helped out by the pres
ence of table cloths and cut flowers
on each table, so that those of the
company who did not get home leave
were supplied with as many home com
forts as possible.
The visitors, many of whom were
visiting the camp for the first time,
were impressed by the spirit of
comradeship existing between the men
and felt that this augured- well for
their fri ndship when on foreign serv
ice. The men were particularly grateful
to the Coast Artillery Auxiliary for
supplying many articles of food for the
dinner that could not be obtained
through the Army commissary, also
for the flowers and decorations.
It is to be hoped that Christmas
will see the company housed in canton
ments, instead of the present tents.
Eugene Women Willing Red
Cross Workers.
Two Hundred Report Kvery D17 to
Make Surgical Drruinei Retired
Merchant Devotea Entire Time to
Work mm ManaKrr.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 15. (Special.)
Two hundred Eugene women are re
porting every day to work in the prep
aration of surgical dressings for use
on the battlefields and in military hos
pitals, determined, so far as it lies with
in their power, that American boys who
fall on the field of honor shall not have
their wounds bandaged with waste
newspapers and straw, as has often
been the case with the soldiers of he
roic France. Other workers report as
regularly in the other departments.
The membership of the Eugene chap
ter of the Red Cross is 2126. Its work
ing organization is a marvel for com
pleteness in the way in which it covers
the city and county. An educational de
partment is conducted, graduating
trained workers and instructors in
surgical dressing work every eight
weeks. The work has been Introduced
in every school in the city. Fifty-seven
auxiliaries and six branch organiza
tions scattered throughout Lane Coun
ty send in great bundles of completed
work almost daily.
Six hundred yards of gauze are used
every day in bandages. During Octo
ber a total of 3000 yards was required
by the workers. On October 29, a call
came from France for more surgical
dressings and the work has been
"speeded up" until the records show
that for the first 10 days of November
as much gauze was cut as used during
the entire previous month. During the
10-day period a total of 15,194 dress
ings of all sorts were prepared. Tet
Mrs. Mildred McDougral, who has been
directing the work on surgical dress
ings in Eugene. Is not satisfied with
the rate of production.
Eight of the auxiliaries of the Eu
gene branch of the Red Cross are mak
ing surgical dressings under the di
rection of competent instructors. In ad
dition to the work at the headquarters
In Eugene.
The mezzanine floor of the room de
voted to the surgical dressing work is
occupied by the cutting department,
where 12 workers are continuously em
ployed preparing materials for sewers
in the 40 auxiliaries of the chapter. The
Eugene chapter has a manager acting
under the general supervision of the
execut-ve committee. F. R. Wether
bee, formerly one of the city's promi
nent merchants and a large property
owner, is acting in this capacity. Ba is
devoting bis entire time to the work
And serving without compensation.
The Eugene workers recently com-
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pleted the last of 615 Christmas pack
ages for which money was contributed
y the people of Lane County, in ad
dition to their $42,000 Red Cross sub
scription. The co-operation of the boys and
girls in the Eugene school is proving a
big factor in the work. Under the di
rection of Miss Jennie M. Snedicer, su
pervisor of art, a system has been de
vised through which all scraps of cloth
and similar material is utilized in
making things for the soldiers. Every
boy and girl is devoting one-fourth of
a day a week to war work. This has
entirely supplanted the usual hand
work problems. Little tots in the
first and second grades are cutting
scraps of cloth Into "feathers" for hos
pital pillows and making and string
ing gun wipes. The pupils in the third
grade are making pin balls and needle
books for the comfort bags of the sail
ors. Fourth grade boys and girls are
rolling trench candles of paper and
boiling them in parafin. The energies
of the fifth grade youngsters are em
ployed in the preparation of Joke or
scrapbooks for use of convalescent sol
diers in the hospitals. Girls in the sixth
grade and junior high schools are knit
ting sweaters, mufTlers, wash cloths,
hoods, bootees and similar articles both
for the soldiers and the Belgian refu
gees. The boys in the upper grades
are engaged in various activities. Sixty
girls in the high school have their own
surgical dressing class and the number
of members is being gradually in
creased. The educational department is under
the direction of Dr. Seth M. Kerron.
with Mrs. John T. Tryon as instructor.
Classes for training women in the
preparation of surgical dressings are
conducted two mornings and two even
Inn each week. Many of the grad
uates from this school become experts.
Admission .to classes is free and the
applications for membership come so
fast that enrollment two months in
advance is necessary to receive this
special training.
Mrs. R. S. Bryson, secretary of the
Eugene auxiliary, is one of the busiest
women in Eugene, devoting her entire
time to the Red Cross.
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The Tillamook Red Cross branch
is in a flourishing condition. Meetings
are held each Wednesday and Friday.
Rooms have been donated by C. L
Clough, electricity for lighting, sew
ing machine service and pressing with
out charges by C. J. Edwards and the
Crystal Laundry is doing all laundry
work gratis. Materials for hospital
garments have been purchased and
busy hands are rapidly completing the
same. Mrs. C. J. Edwards, the presi
dent, directs the plans that come from
the Portland chapter and, with the oth
er officers, Mrs. Everson, secretary,
and Thad Robinson, treasurer, has
aroused a wide interest over the coun
ty. Auxiliaries to this branch have
been formed at Bay Ciy, Beaver,
Brighton, Cloverdale, Nehalem and
Wheeler.
Here Is Liberty Recipe to
Add to Your Collection.
Barley Pone, Re4Mmmended! by
United States Food Administra
tion. Will Save Wheat Rules to
Aid In Sugar Conservation Given.
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RE you making a liberty recipe
collection?'
If not, start today to collect all
recipes that will save meat, sugar,
wheat or fats, such recipes are called
Liberty recipes, for if they are used
they will help "make the world safe
for democracy.
Here Is a liberty recipe recommended
by the United States Food Administra
tion that will save wheat. It is called
barley pone:
Barley pone One cup hominy grits, 2
cups milk, 2 tablespoons bacon fat or
other drippllngs. Vt teaspoon salt. 1
cup barley meal, 2 teaspoons baking
powder, z eggs.
Add the milk and fat to the cooked
hominy grits. Cool, add salt, barley
meal and baking powder, sifted togeth
er, then the well-beaten eggs; pour
into greased dish and bake in a mod
erate oven 45 minutes. Cut in tri
angular pieces and serve from the dish
in which baked.
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The United States Food' Administra
tion, in its work of Increasing and con
serving the food supply In this coun
try sufficiently to meet the needs of
our allies as well as our own. Is asking
everyone to economize in the use of
sugar.
Before ' the war, France, - Italy and
Belgium produced as . much- bus ax as
they used, while England was supplied
largely by what Is now an enemy na
tion. The production in France and
Italy is running short, while England
is cut off from about 70 per cent of the
usual Importation.
That means that those three coun
tries must, even with the stringent rul
ings, that prevail there, draw 2,000,000
tons of sugar from the same sources
that send us ours.
We must divide with them and the
necessity for economy on our part is
obvious. In this country we are not
subjected to such restrictions as have
become necessary in Europe; our econ
omy is entirely voluntary.
Here are a few simple -rules. If
everyone in America followed them
carefully there would be no danger of
a sugar famine:
. 1. Eat no candy between meals.
2. Eliminate sweet drinks.
3. For hot cakes and waffles, use
honey, maple syrup, jams. Jellies or
preserves instead of butter and sugar.
N 4. Use less sugar in tea and coffee.
5. Have a dessertleas day each week.
6. Lessen your use of cake.
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The auxiliary of Field Hospital Com
pany C will meet Monday evening at 8
o'clock in the story hour room. Public
Library.
Holladay School Will Honor
Boys in Service.
Patriotic Programme Is Prepared
for Meeting Next Friday.
ON Friday, December 21, at J r M.,
. the Holladay Parent-Teacher As
sociation will honor the brave boys of
that school who have pledged them
selves to service in Army or Navy. A
beautiful patriotic programme has been
prepared for this occasion. Judge M.
G. Munly, ex-chairman of the School
Board and father of two sons who
have answered their country's call,
will, in behalf of the association, pre
sent the service flag and roll of honor
to the school.
Eighty-six blue stars on a field of
white will speak of the loyalty of
these students to their country. Two
fathers and mothers have spared four
boys each.
It is hoped that fathers, mothers.
sweethearts, wives and friends of these
boys will meet in the assembly room
of the school on this occasion.
. The women in Eastern Oregon towns
are vieing with each other in the pa.
trlotic work which they are accom
plishing. The women of Enterprise
meet four days each week and use
two bolts of gauze at each meeting.
They have turned in 7000 pieces of
surgical dressings. The women of La
Grande are also doing patriotic serv
ice work.
Red Cross 'Superfluity Shop'
Holding Its Own.
General Information Desk Is Being;
Established.
fT HE Red Cross Shop at 106 Fifth
X street, sometimes called "The
"Superfluity Shop" and sometimes "The
Little Shop Across the Way" from the
big, impressive ones, still holds its own
in quiet fashion. In fact, it is getting
to be quite a big, "little shop, as far
as being a factor la the lives of many
is concerned.
The great and the small are ferreting
it out. For instance, the Adjutant-Gen
eral paid them a call the other day.
and the result was a list on file of
"Sammies" at Vancouver and American
Lake, who craved honey, interested
letters, sweaters and Xmas cheer in the
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PROMINENT PATRIOTIC WORK- f
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GEORGE WRIGHT RE- 1
LIEF CORPS. NO. 2. 4
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Mrs. MarRarpt Becker.
At the regular annual election
of officers of George Wright Re
lief Corps Wednesday Mrs. Mar
garet Becker was elected presi
dent for the coming year. Those
who will serve in the various
offices with her are: Mrs. Ada
Davis, senior vice-president;
May Renner, chaplain; Elizabefh
Griffith, treasurer; Mrs. Emma
Roberts, conductor, and Mrs.
Anna Savage, guard.
shape of packages from one who" re
membered! Let that one be you! .
In fact, they've established a general
"information desk," so if you want to
find out how to turn the heel of your
sock, or if your brother wants to know
the name of the nearest recruiting sta
tion, or if isomeone else wants to know
when the war will be over nothing is
beyond their ken!
Above all, it is still, and always the
"superfluity shop!" So, don't forget
your Tommie's deserted Teddy bear and
rocking horse, for there are many moth
ers stealing off a -few hours by night
(by the way, the shop will be open
every night from Saturday un
til Christmas) to - pick up these
neglected treasures of babyhood, as.
after all, the mites at home need not be
schooled too harshly into the school of
practicability. Just because the whole
world's gone mad. Therefore, help
make their Chrlstmases colorful and
happy. Something else that will be ac
ceptable, is games of all sorts, domi
noes and puzzles and-the like, also for
our "Sammies," so help your urotners
and cousins while away the dreary.
hours before the battle!
Christmas Toys to Be Given
to Poor Children.
Social Service Department of Pareat
Teacher Associations to Collect
and Distribute Gifts Heaquartera
Will Be at Auditorium.
THE social service department of
the Parent-Teacher associations
will distribute toys to poor children
this year as usual. Through the cour
tesy of Mayor Baker the use of a room
in the Auditorium has been donated
for this purpose. Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, December 19, 20 and
21, social service chairmen will be on
duty to receive and distribute toys and
books.
Mrs. E. A. Herschner, general chair
man, asks that local chairmen call at
the Auditorium for the toys needed in
their districts.
It is important that all toys donated
be in good condition.
God save our splendid men;
Send them safe home again
God save our men.
Make them victorious.
Faithful and chivalrous:
They are so dear to ui
God save our men.
"This stanza," says Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, "has been sent to us from Cana
da, where it is sung at the close of
every gathering of women and also
at family prayers. It is urged by the
Canadian women that we take it up
here and make it our habit to sing it
after 'America.
"The Woman's committee strongly
urges that this be done."
The stanza was sung at the Union
Thanksgiving service in the First
Christian Church this season.
The executive board of the Portland
unit of the Oregon division, woman's
committee of the Council of National
Defense, met Thursday morning at
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar's office, 503 Cor-
bett building, to decide upon a time
for a called meeting of the permanent
committee delegates from every wom
an's organization In the city. It was
thought best to wait until after the
holidays, when women could attend.
The delegates are requested to be at
Central Library Wednesday, January
9, 2 P. M. Organizations not having
responded to the call for delegates
will kindly- send name, address and
telephone number of a member to rep
resent their organization to Mrs. Dun
bar immediately.
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Sumner Relief Corps gave its an
nual Christmas-tide dinner on Thurs
day, and 400 attended. The tables
were in charge of Mrs. Mayme Deaton,
Mrs. Sarah Hinkle and Mrs. H. Phebus.
Mrs. Isaac Gray was chairman. Mrs.
Cora McBrlde had charge of the candy
table. Mrs. Deaton was chairman of
the music committee. Mayor Baker,
ail the county officials, the judges and
the men of prominence . were in at
tendance. Miss Clark sang the Na
tional anthem. Mrs. Alice McNaught
gave several songs. The - room and
tables in the Courthouse were deco
rated in flowers and flags. A bazaar
was a feature.
The Highland Parent-Teachers' Asso
ciation has been doing extensive Red
Cross work recently under the direc
tion of Mrs. T. E. Dowllng, sewing di
rector. Meetings are held every Fri
day from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.. during
which time Red Cross sewing is done.
Leonard Crewdson, a pupil of the
Highland school, presented the asso
ciation with $11.20, which he raised by
selling some pets.
The officers are Mrs. W. B. Crews
don, president;. Mrs. Ida Pike, vice
president; Mrs. Pedicoe, secretary, and
Miss Hollie Johnson, treasurer.
The auxiliary of Company C, 116th
Engineers, will give an entertainment
next Saturday evening at the Lincoln
High School auditorium. There will
be an unusually interesting programme
given, consisting of music and literary
numbers. No tickets will be sold, but
a silver offering will be taken, which
will be used for Company C. Boy
Scouts will act as ushers.
The Portland Woman's Social Science
Club last Tuesday worked with the
Red Cross Society at Meier & Frank's
store. More workers are solicited.
Tuesday, December 18, the club will
hold its regular semi-monthly meeting
in room A. Central Library, at 2 P. 1-u
"Nationality" will be the subject of the
lecture for the afternoon. This is the
first of a series of six lectures by
the Reed College faculty, in the course
of "International Readjustment After
the War." The public is invited.
The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the 364th Field Hospital Auxiliary
will be held in room F of the Public
Library Wednesday evfening, December
19. The nomination of new officers
will take place at this meeting. All
members are urged to attend. All In
terested in knitting articles for the
boys belonging to this unit are invited.
P. M. Dalton is secretary.
Mrs. T. C. Grlndley. of 538 Exchange
street, Astoria, suggests as practical
and inexpensive Christmas tree orna
mental the shells of walnuts, which
can be opened carefully and after the
meat Is out, they can be glued together
with a ribbon loop inserted before clos
ing and then be painted with gilt,
aluminum or high colors.
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The auxiliary of Company F meets
every Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in
Meier & Frank's store on the sixth
floor for Red Cross sewing. This aux
iliary will give a dance December 19
in the Woodmen of the World hall.
This is a new auxiliary and all mothers
of boys in Company F are urged to
attend the meetings.
CO-EDS WILL H00VERIZE
O. A. C. Girls to Eat Jss Wheat
Bread Despite Cost.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, Dec. 15. (Special.)--A sub
stantial effort to save wheat is being
made by the girls of Cauthorn Hall at
O. A. C., who have asked that only one
fourth white wheat flour bread be
served at the tables. This means that
more corn, rye and other substitutes
will be eaten by the college girls.
The housekeeper has arranged that
only one-fourth of the white bread be
served, although In some Instances it
is more expensive to serve the other
flours. The hall houses more than 80
girls, so that the decrease in use of
white bread will be of considerable im
portance in the monthly supply.
FACTORYCLE
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lessons, and played so well, with hard
and continued practice, that he soon
won audiences. He plays on an Italian
harp valued at $1200. In recent con
cert work he has played numbers with
patriotic finales which created much
enthusiasm. The boy is a son of Dr.
and Mrs. H. A. Lelninger, of Albany,
and graduated recently from the Al
bany High School. In his school work
he was a splendid student, and estab
lished a good record for constant at
tendance. During ten and three-fourths
years of his school work he was
recorded as being never absent or tardy
a single day. Then his continuous
record was broken only by slight ill
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"Does your daughter play the piano
by ear?"
"No. She uses both hands and both
feet. Rut 1 don't think she has learned
to use her ears." Musical America.
Mrs. Abercrombie, organist; Mrs.
Julia Burke McLaughlin, violinist;
Mrs. Hazel Gurr" Bell, dramatic so
prano, and Miss Esther Hogan, con
tralto, were recent soloists at St.
James English Lutheran Church. These
vocal soloists, possessing voices of
merit, were heard to good advantage.
Harold Hurlbut is In receipt of a
letter from Henri Scott, the Metro
politan Opera basso cantante Mr. Scott
says: "On my way East 1 had ample
time to read your book on singing
very carefully, and will say without
any mental reservation that the ideas
of vocalization expressed are entirely
right, and presented in so clear-cut a
PORTLAND MAN, ACTIVE IN
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. DIES.
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James
nn M. Dnnean. "
Madison Duncan, who
died December 9 at his home, 8.71
Yamhill street, was born in Mis
souri January 19, 1849. He came
to Portland eight years ago and
was well known among the mem
bers of the Christian Church. Mr.
Duncan left a widow, Mrs. Louise
Duncan; a daughter, Frankie D.
Clark; two brothers, J. B. and A.
C. Duncan, and two sisters, Mrs.
Frances Alio way, of Missouri,
and Mrs. MoUle J. Butts, of San
Diego.
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manner that all who read may under
stand them. Yesterday while chatting
witn irienrts at the Metropolitan Opera
house, Caruso came along and invited
me to lunch, and we spent several jolly
hours together. He was in high good
humor over his success in 'Samson and
Delilah' the night before." Mr. Scott
also sent Mr. Hurlbut an autographed
photograph of himself as the "Toredor"
in "Carmen," which was his latest suc
cess in the Metropolitan Opera.
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It is talked of in Boston, Mass., that,
owing to the enforcement of the Fed
eral enemy alien act. the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra may be disbanded for
the period of the world war, Teutons
versus Entente. More than 20 members
of the orchestra are without citizen
ship papers, it is asserted, and the
police authorities of different cities
have refused to grant permits for the
scheduled concerts of the organization.
Jasper Dean MacFall, choirmaster of
Sunnyside Methodist Eposcopal Church,
is busily rehearsing his choir on the
new and beautiful cantata, "The Christ
Child," which will be rendered at the
church during the Christmas season.
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A special meeting of the Musicians'
Club will take place in the tea-room of
the Y. W. C. A. Tuesday at 12:15 P. M.
Important business comes up for dis
cussion and all musicians interested,
whether or not members of the club,
are asked to attend.
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A writer In the Music News tells of
a piano teacher who one morning in
formed a student that she had been
busy composing.
"And what did you compose?" she
was asked.
"Veil," she said. "I begin him a
scherzo, but he comes out a waltz."
Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed wilL present
the Treble Clef Club in Debussy's
lovely lyric poem, "The Blessed Dam
ozel," before the MacDowell Club after
the New Year holidays. Frank Dam
rosch has translated and adapted the
words to the original poem by Dante
Gabriel Rossetti.
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Miss Margery Maxwell, formerly so
prano soloist in the choir ,of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church, and pre
sented in recital by Mrs. Elsie Bisch
off Moore, made her first professional
debut recently with the Chicago Grand
Opera Company in Chicago, appearing
as the shepherdess in "Dinorah."
Miss Astrid Boal will be soloist for
the MacDowell Club Tuesday after
noon. She will sing two numbers, one
of them the aria "Lieti Signore," from
"The Huguenots" .(Meyerbeer). Miss
Boal is rapidly coming to the front as
one of Portland's best among the
younger singers. She is the solo so
prano of the First Presbyterian Church
choir and was trained in singing by
Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed.
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An 1100-mile trip to dedicate a new
pipe organ will be the experience of
William Robinson Boone, who will
leave for Miles City, Mont., Wednes
day night for that purpose. The pipe
organ noted has 20 stops and-has just
been completed by Hubert C. Ferris,
of this city.
Mrs. John D. Coleman entertained
delightfully the members of the New
England Conservatory Club in her
beautiful home in Irvington last
Wednesday. A programme of marked
excellence was given by Miss Martha
Reynolds, associate American Guild of
Organists, . and Miss Agnes Watt, a
lyric soprano, whose voice possesses
unusual sweetness and clarity. Both
Miss Reynolds and Miss Watt are mem
bers of the club. As a classic Miss
Reynolds played Mendelssohn's "Second
Organ Sonata." This she followed by
."Reverie" by Saint-Saens, and "Can
tllere Nuptlale" (Dubois). In the latter
number a harp effect was produced
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which made this number the most pop
ular pipe organ number on the pro
gramme. Two Christmas numbers
were given, "A Scotch Carol" (Gull
mont) and "Christmas in Sicily" (Yon)
In both voice and interpretation Miss
Watt was delightful in "Santuzza't
Romance," from ."Cavalleria Rusti
cana." She also sang a Kyernef aria
and "In My Garden (Samuel Liddle)
both charming numbers. As a Christ
mas offering she gave in splendid
fashion "Song of the Chimes" (Lola
Carrier Newell).
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The Vancouver (Wash.) Music Club
Chorus gave the first concert of the
season last Wednesday night in that
city to an audience that filled the First
Presbyterian Church. Several Christ
mas features were introduced into thi
programme and decorations. A groui
of carols was sung by the chorus, and
the event closed with two Christmas
songs, "Holy Night" and "Adeste Fi
dells," in which the audience joined
The work of the chorus, under the di
rection of John Clair Monteith, was
particularly fine in "Deep River,
which is well adapted to chorus ar
rangement, and was fine in shading
and legato singing. "Only to Thee'
(Saint-Saens-Branscombe) was beau
tifully rendered, and the attack anil
phrasing in "Will o' The Wisp" made
this number most effective. Mrs. Will-
lam Marshall la president of the chorus,
which has a membership of 31. Mr
Monteith, who was in splendid voice.
sang two groups of songs in Italian.
English and French, In addition to hi.
work as conductor of the chorus Thr
work of lira. M. B. Kles as accompanist
for the chorus, of Miss Ayers at tb
pipe organ, and of Mrs. Warren E
Thomas as accompanist for the so
loists added greatly to the success o;
the concert. A feature of the evening
was the debut of Miss Cora Ayer
coloratura soprano. Miss Ayers is a
member of the chorus and a student!
of Mr. Monteith. She sang songs ii
English and Italian, and the exquisite!
quality of her high tones in colora
ture work was a delight. She has a
charming stage presence and shows in
her work much talent.
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Vern Isom, violinist,' and Miss Doro
thy Englehart, pianist, appeared In sue
cessful recital in the Masonic Templd
Auditorium last Monday night, undei
the direction, respectively, of FranM
Eichenlaub and Beatrice Hidden Elchen
laub.
Miss Engelhart. a young miss in heT
teens, is a piano student of decidei
musical qualities and achievements
She has been trained carefully li
pianism, and shows proficiency espe
cially In mastery of technique. an
tonal finish. Her most difficult numbeu
was Grieg's "Sonata, Op. 7," and sh
played it with much success. He
other selections were by MacDowell
Debussy, Chaminade and Chopin, whic)
were rendered impressively. Miss En
glehart accepted one encore, an""Im
provisation" (MacDowell).
Vern Isom is a youth who show:
clearly that he is an advanced violli
student of pronounced ability and per
formance. His violin tone is sweet an -singing
in quality, and he plays wltl
a clarity that evidences a credltabl'
mastery over the intricacies of that mos
difficult of all musical instruments, th
violin. Mr. Isom's biggest number wa;
Wteniawski's "Concerto . Opus 22,'
which lived again in fine tonal nnlsn
Mr. Isom's other numbers were b
Beethoven-Kreisler, Schubert-Wilhelm."
Krelsler, etc. and they were also wel
played. His extras were a "Hungarian
Dance" (Brahms-Joachim) and "Hu
moresque" (Koepping).
Mrs. Eichenlaub was piano accom
pan 1st, and she played with fine suppor
to the soloists and musical understand
ing.
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